1. The word ‘theory’, derived from the Greek word ‘Theoria’ means
(A) A well organized political system
(B) A well focused mental look
(C) A well articulated economic structure
(D) A system of physical arrangement
Answer: (B)

4. Which one among the following statements is true?
(A) Social Justice violates the principles of equality.
(B) Social Justice is derived from moral reasonableness.
(C) Social justice is a negation of justice
(D) Social justice is an instrument of political manipulation.
Answer: (B)

5. Which one among the following was the first mass movement Mao led?
(A) The Cultural Revolution
(B) The Great Leap Forward
(C) Let hundred flowers blossom and hundred schools of thought contend.
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)

7. Who is the author of the book The Good Boatman?
(A) Erikson
(B) Rajmohan Gandhi
(C) Romain Rolland
(D) Noema
Answer: (B)

8. Which one among the following statements is true?
(A) Plato’s Republic is a book on ethics
(B) It is a book on politics
(C) It is both on ethics and politics
(D) It is a book on education
Answer: (C)

9. Which one among the following is not written by M.N. Roy?
(A) The Future of Indian Politics
(B) Gandhism, Nationalism and Socialism
(C) New Humanism
(D) Nationalism, Rationality and Revolution
Answer: (D)

10. Who among the following has compared fortune with a woman?
(A) M.N. Roy
(B) Rousseau
(C) Hobbes
(D) Machiavelli
Answer: (D)

11. Which one among the following is not a work about alienation?
(A) Paris Manuscripts
(B) Theses on Feuerbach
(C) Poverty of Philosophy
(D) The German Ideology
Answer: (C)

12. General Will means
(A) Actual Will
(B) Majority Will
(C) Sum total of Wills
(D) Real Will
Answer: (D)

13. Assertion (A): Social Contract established a sovereign Government.
Reason (R): Citizens do have an absolute obligation to obey all laws or accept any form of Government.
In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (C)

19. Who among the following attached great importance to a balance between the principles of equality and capacity in political development?
(A) Lucian Pye
(B) Huntington
(C) Fred Riggs
(D) Danil Lerner
Answer: (C)

20. Who among the following is associated with the “will and capacity” approach to the study of political development?
(A) Lucian Pye
(B) Organski
(C) Halpern
(D) David Apter
Answer: (C)

22. “We are under the Constitution but the Constitution is what the judges say it is”. Which of the following countries can this be applicable to?
1. India
2. America
3. Switzerland
4. Australia
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 3 and 4
Answer: (B)

23. Who among the following has associated the origins of political parties with three theories – institutional theories, historical crisis theories and development theories?
(A) La Palombara and Myron Weiner
(B) Peter K. Merkl
(C) Harry Eckstein
(D) Jean Blondel
Answer: (A)

24. Which of the following statements are not correct?
1. The Swiss Federal Tribunal has the power to declare unconstitutional a law passed by the Federal Legislature.
2. The Communist Party is banned in the U.S.A.
3. The Constitution of India on the date of its commencement did have a provision that the advice of the Council of Ministers would be binding on the President.
4. Tories in England are known as Conservatives.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 4
(D) 1 and 3
Answer: (D)

25. “There can be no comparison between the positions of number one and numbers two, three or four.” Who said this about the British Prime Minister?
(A) Harold Laski
(B) Margaret Thatcher
(C) Harold Wilson
(D) Winston Churchill
Answer: (D)

26. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Once the leaders reach the pinnacle of power, nothing can bring them down.
Reason (R): The majority of human beings, according to Michels, are apathetic, indolent and slavish.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)

27. Which of the following pairs are not correctly matched?
1. Pareto Circulation of elites
2. Mosca Theory of the masses
3. Michels Concept of mass mind
4. Gasset Political formula
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 2 and 4
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 2 and 3
Answer: (A)

28. Which of the following countries have dual citizenship – National citizenship and State citizenship?
(A) India and U.S.A.
(B) India and Switzerland
(C) Switzerland and U.S.A.
(D) U.S.A. and U.K.
Answer: (C)

29. Which of the following statements are not correct?
1. The U.S. President can seek election to the office of President for any number of times.
2. The President of India has been sending messages to Parliament.
3. Two-thirds members of Rajya Sabha retire every two years.
4. The residuary powers rest with the States in the United States of America.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1, 2 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2, 3 and 4
(D) 1, 3 and 4
Answer: (B)

30. The elite theory was first started in
(A) The United States of America
(B) The United Kingdom
(C) Central and Western European Countries
(D) Australia
Answer: (C)

32. The name of a candidate for the Office of President of India is proposed by
(A) Any five citizens of India
(B) Any five Members of the Parliament
(C) Any fifty Members of the Electoral College
(D) Any ten members of the Electoral College
Answer: (D)

33. Which of the following Articles were not part of the original Constitution of India?
(i) Art. 52A
(ii) Art. 51A
(iii) Art. 14
(iv) Art. 300A
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (i) and (iii)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (ii) and (iv)
Answer: (D)

38. Who described the nature of Indian State as ‘incremental democratic modernization’?
(A) Morris John
(B) Rajni Kothari
(C) Francine Frankel
(D) Susan and Lloyd Rudolph
Answer: (B)

39. An alliance of national elites and the entrepreneurial class as a basis of development at the Centre does not preclude re-distributive concessions automatically.’ Who said?
(A) Partha Chatterjee
(B) AtulKohli
(C) Yogendra Yadav
(D) Paul Brass
Answer: (B)

42. Assertion (A): Political parties in India have expanded their reach but their legitimacy has been deeply eroded.
Reason (R): The consolidation of the party system at the State level cannot be aggregated at the National level.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (B)

43. Which among the following Articles of the Constitution of India has ensured through legislation the participation of workers in management?
(A) Article 42
(B) Article 43
(C) Article 43A
(D) Article 49A
Answer: (C)

46. Consider the following statements about Civil Service in a developing society:
1. It should act as an instrument of change.
2. It should have concern for social equity.
3. It should have common concern for vested interests.
4. It should be politically neutral.
Select the correct statements from the codes given below:
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) 1, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 4
(D) 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (C)

48. Which one of the following was not included as a principle of administration by Willoughby in his ‘Principles of Public Administration’?
(A) General and over head administration
(B) Coordination
(C) Finance
(D) Personnel administration
Answer: (B)

50. Which one of the following is not one of the main characteristics of Taylor’s scientific management?
(A) Time and motion studies
(B) Participation in decision making
(C) Differential piece-rate system
(D) Functional foremanship
Answer: (B)

54. The most logical criterion to distinguish a line function from staff is
(A) The functional relationship
(B) The authority relationship
(C) The grouping of functions
(D) The departmentalization
Answer: (B)

56. The Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill 1968 passed by the Lok Sabha lapsed because
(A) Rajya Sabha rejected the Bill
(B) President withheld the Bill
(C) Joint Committee of the two Houses rejected the Bill
(D) Of early Dissolution of Fourth Lok Sabha
Answer: (D)

57. Which one of the following committee’s report said that Community Development Programme and National Extension Service had failed to evoke popular enthusiasm?
(A) Sarkaria Committee Report
(B) L.M. Singhvi Committee Report
(C) G.V.K. Rao Committee Report
(D) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee Report
Answer: (D)

58. Which one of the following was not included by C. Rajagopalachari in the list of six fundamental requirements of a good administrator?
(A) Character
(B) Capacity to judge matters
(C) Expertise in technical matters
(D) Firmness in decision making
Answer: (C)

60. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Practical application of unity of command is not always possible.
Reason (R): Technical and administrative tasks require different kinds of supervision.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)

61. What is neo-realism?
(A) An attempt to ignore the unpleasant realities of the world.
(B) An attempt to restate the basic ideas of realism in a more‘scientific’ form.
(C) A claims that international society is basically orderly and peaceful.
(D) A claim that individual human nature is central to an understanding of international politics.
Answer: (B)

65. What does Raison d’etat mean?
(A) The national interest
(B) The State ought to act reasonably at all times.
(C) Citizens need to be given very good reasons for obeying the State.
(D) Citizens should consume as many raisins as possible for a good and healthy life.
Answer: (A)

66. Why is reform of the Security Council problematic?
(A) Enlarging the permanent membership could impair decision making.
(B) None of the existing permanent members are keen to give up their seats.
(C) It is difficult to make an uncontroversial case for any of the potential new permanent members.
(D) All of the above.
Answer: (D)

67. Structural adjustment programmes require that
(A) Governments of poor countries should adopt privatization and other ‘liberalizing’ measures.
(B) States with weak economies should redistribute more resources to the poor.
(C) Governments of poor countries should knock down all ugly or dilapidated buildings.
(D) Ministers in under-performing countries should go on diets and keep fit.
Answer: (A)

69. Who said, “Thus far the chief purpose of our military establishment has been to win wars. From now on its chief purpose must be to avert them.”?
(A) Paul Nitze
(B) George Kennan
(C) Bernard Brodie
(D) Robert Jervis
Answer: (C)

72. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. India has signed the NPT.
2. China has not signed the NPT.
3. India and Pakistan have not signed the NPT.
4. NPT has been signed by Iran, North Korea.
(A) All are correct.
(B) All are false.
(C) 3 & 4 are correct.
(D) 1 & 2 are correct.
Answer: (C)

73. Identify which of the following are correct statements:
(i) India is a member of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation [IORARC].
(ii) [IOR-ARC] helps better relations with Pakistan.
(iii) It defines the Exclusive Economic Zones.
(iv) Indian Ocean has no sea piracy.
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(B) (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer: (C)

74. The Axis of evil is a phrase deliberately used by President George W. Bush in January 2002 to characterize
(A) Iran, North Korea and Iraq
(B) Taliban, Al-Queda and LeT
(C) Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua
(D) Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka
Answer: (A)

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